Artificial intelligence (AI) keeps evolving — and with agentic AI, the digital agents joining our ranks will soon take automation to the next level. Despite slow take-up in HR and mixed reports about the return on investment (ROI), global executives see AI as the top business priority and the biggest potential value driver in 2025. Agentic AI is transforming company systems, processes and the workforce, and HR leaders who don’t prepare will be left behind.